Ball bearing



Patented May' 29, 1928.

en 1T LEEDEAM, F COVENTRY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 THE yAUTO MACHINERY CQLIPANY LIMITED, QF COVENTRY, ENGLAND, A BRITISH COMPANY.

BALL BEARING.

Aailioatlon led January 3, 1927, Serial No. 158,777(and inGreat Britain September 23, 1926.

l This invention relates' to ball' bearings of the kind having av plurality of rows of balls of decreasing sizeand decreasing pitch circles running on parallel tracks on a single 5 inner and a single outer race. The object of the invention is tovprovide a construction of small width and high load-carrying capacity, which maybe a unit interchangeable with existing ball, and taper roller, bearings.

Accordin to this' invention, the tracks are so close together that the balls in one groove lie partly between the balls in the adjacent groove Preferably all'the balls are engaged by a single cage or spacer.

In the accompanying drawings,l

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a complete bearing constructed in accordance with-this invention. f

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.

Figures 3- and 1 are longitudinal sections on a larger scale of the two races, and

Figure-5`- is a partr section'of an alternative outer race.

Like numerals indicate like parts throughout the drawings..

i In thefenstructionshown in Figures 1-4, there is an inner race2l1aving two ball grooves 3 and 4 on its outer periphery and so close togetlier that the balls in one groove lie partly between the balls in the other groove as is shown in- Fi ure 1. This drstribution of the balls resu ts in the bearing being very narrow in spite of `its having-`- more than one rowof balls and permits it to deal better with the loads to which it is jsubjected. ,Also the bearing. can carry Va greater load, thanl a single row bearing of 'fthe same size. i

The groove 3 is slightly'larger in diame- 40' ter than the groove 4, and receives slightly larger balls 5 than' those 6 that run on the i smaller race 4. There is employed a singlev cage or spacer 7 of any suitabletype engaging both rows, or-one or both rows nay be cageless( This feature a ain contributes towards the vnarrowness o the complete bearing. v I The ."outer race 8 1s formed-l wlth two grooves 9 and 10 ofdiierent internal diameters, and is sprung or clicked on to both the rowsof balls or either row in the well-known manner. In the construction shown it -would slide freely on to the row 6 and click on to the row 5 owing to the slight shoulder at 50. To enable the balls always to retain a uni- -form relative position and a single cage or spacer to be used, the 'pitch circles of the balls lic on the frustrum of a cone 100 whose apex 11 is on thekaxis 120 of the bearing, whilst the outer and inner grooves, or tracks, are also on the surfaces of cones 12 and 13 having the same apex. This ensures the required constant relative angularpositionof the balls of all 'the rows as` the bearing .is revolved.

be very narrowand can be inexpensively produced within very fine limits as regards width'. Both rowsof balls are suitable for complete bearing is assembled it is a complete unit which canbe of standard over-all dimensions, and the outer race cannot becomedisconnected. v

If desired, either the outer, or the4 inner, race may, however, be plain as shown at 80 in Figure 5 and not grooved, butin lsuch a construction the plain surface would be part of-a cone having itsapex as described above. Where the bearing hals a loose outer ring carrying the outer tracksv (for example, a plain one suchv as.80), that ring may be adjustableendwise relation to the )inner ring,

to take upwear.

The invention isnot lirn'ited to the use of to secure by LettersPatentlof the *Unitedv By this lmeans the conipletebearing can creasing pitch fcircles running on parallel tracks on a single inner and a single outer race, in which the ytracks are so close together that theballs in one groove lie partly be- -tween lthe balls in the adjacent groove, subball tracks, and the outer race has a sli ht stantially as set forth. shoulder, such as 50, to one outer track on y,

2. A bearing as claimed in claim 1,1whereso that that race cannot be accidentally `dis` 10 -in all the balls are engaged by a single cago connected, substantially as -set forth. Y F 5 or spacer, substantially as set forth. l In testimony whereof' I have signed my 3. A bearing as claimed in claim 1, where. name to this specification. v in the inner race i's grooved to form the inner BERNARD LEEDHAM; 

